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Katy Trail WeeklyVol. 1, No. 23 l Neighborhood News & Views l Community Calendar l Arts and Entertainment l katytrailweekly.com
Downtown l Uptown l Turtle Creek l Oak Lawn l Arts, Design and Medical Districts l Park Cities
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The art collec-tive known as “Slavs and Tatars” for the first time will present the complete series of “Love Letters” carpets — 10 in all — together with a new audio piece produced specifically for their exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. “Concentrations 57: Slavs and Tatars,” is on view through Dec. 14. It will also include three additional works
of sculpture from their current thematic series “Long Legged Linguistics.”
This instal-lation is the latest in the Museum’s “Concentrations” series of project-based solo exhibitions by inter-national emerging and under-represented art-ists. “Concentrations” began in 1981 as part of the DMA’s commit-ment to showing the work of living artists, while preserving the
excitement of the work.
Founded in 2006, “Slavs and Tatars” is an art collective whose installations, lec-ture-performances, sculptures and publications con-template otherwise little-known affini-ties, syncretic ideas, belief systems and ritu-als among peoples of the Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Pursuing an
unconventional re-search-based approach, the group identifies the “area east of the former Berlin Wall and west of the Great
Wall of China known as “Eurasia” as the focus of their multidis-ciplinary practice. In their most recent cycle of work, titled “Long Legged Linguistics,” the group has inves-tigated language as a source of political, metaphysical and even sexual emancipation. With their trademark mix of high and low culture, ribald humor and esoteric discourse,
A persistent battle with brain cancer for the past five years has not prevented Chris Mims from dismissing the struggles that others with the life-threatening disease endure. Nor has his own crisis prevented him from reaching out to others, pro-viding encouraging words and raising money so that they can support their families.
Recently Mims, who lives in Highland Park and offices in Uptown, organized with the assistance of his wife Diane, his children and niece Brooke, a 5K race and walk to raise funds for families whose financial lives have been nearly ruined by cancer.
“Unfortunately, there are many people that face cancer alone,” Mims said, whose colleagues and members of his office staff also helped with the event. “Cancer is physically devastating
The Dallas Arboretum will host a family nature movie night to show the acclaimed Disneynature documentary “Wings of Life” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29 in Rosine Hall. Narrated by Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, the film employs stunning imagery to showcase the unsung heroes of the world’s food supply, showcasing the relationship between flowers and the increasingly threatened bees, butterflies, birds and bats that enable plants to reproduce. Adult tickets are $5, children are $2 and children under three are free. Snacks, such as $1 popcorn and $1 hot dogs, will be available.
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden is located on the southeastern shore of White Rock Lake at 8525 Garland Road. For more information visit dallasarboretum.org. — Juliette Coulter
Less than a decade ago, the craft brewing scene in Dallas was non-exis-tent despite growing popularity na-tionwide. Then, quickly, the city began catching up. Today, Dallas is home to an excellent number of small brewer-ies, all carving their own niche.
Belgian-born Wim Bens, president and founder of Lakewood Brewing Company located in an industrial area near the border of Dallas and Garland, had an idea. “Growing up in Belgium, I had an appreciation for specialty beer. It is the perfect blend of art and sci-ence,” Bens said about brewing small quantity, high quality brews. “It is a yin and yang relationship.” Belgium may have eclipsed Germany as the country most noted for brewing excellence.
After moving to the Dallas area in second grade, Bens, now 36 years old, has often travelled back to Belgium. “I had an exposure to what beer should taste like.” At midnight on his 21st birth-day, Bens said with a smile: “I went to the Flying Saucer on Greenville Avenue to have my ‘first’ beer. I drank the craft beers like Sierra Nevada and Red Hook.”
Despite a degree in advertising from SMU and, 10-year career in marketing
that included a long stint at TracyLocke as a creative director, Bens began brew-ing beer as a hobby.
“A buddy of mine got a brewing kit for Christmas. We made awful beer,” Bens said. After getting married and mov-ing into a home in the Hollywood/Santa Monica area of Lakewood, he had more room to experiment and fulfill a dream.
“My original business plan was to
open a brewpub in Dallas,” Bens said. “No kitchen; just a place to drink beer and have people bring in their food.” On Christmas Eve in 2010, he quit his job in advertising to begin his quest to become a brewer and entrepreneur.
“I started as an apprentice at Rahr & Sons in Fort Worth,” Bens said. At
COMMUNITY NEWS
In This IssueAlong the Green Trail ....................................... 7 Classified ...........................................................11Community Calendar ...................................... 4Dotty Griffith's True Texas Cuisine .................. 8Fashion Trail ..................................................... 4Fitness on the Trail ........................................... 3Hot on the Trail ................................................. 6Letter from the Editor ....................................... 2Restaurant Directory ........................................ 9Restaurant Review ............................................ 8Scene Around Town ........................................ 10Shop the Trail ................................................. 10Trail Mix ........................................................... 3Wagging the Trail ............................................. 7
July 25 - 31, 2014
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Movie Trailerpage 11
Mull It Overpage 3
Clang, clang, clang went the trolley
All aboard! A classic of Dallas’ robust history turned 25 this month. An event last weekend marked the occa-sion of the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority’s (MATA) 25th anniversary since the trolley’s comeback in July 1989. Uptown was abuzz with excitement at its unique birth-day party.
To commemorate the oc-casion, passengers boarded Matilda, which is DART’s M-Line #369 and largest car. Dallas restaurants served birthday cakes on the trol-ley, specially baked and deco-rated for the occasion. Those included Bread Winners, La
Duni, Morton’s of Chicago, the Fairmont Hotel Dallas, Truluck’s and Vino 100. Hillcrest Bank sponsored chocolate lava cakes from Stein’s Bakery.
Judging a cake competi-tion was honorary motorman for the day 5-year-old Oliver Robison (pictured on the left), a big trolley admirer, who rides at least once a week with his parents, Kyla and Kenny. With Matilda, the biggest car being his favorite, the trolley was named “Ollie’s Trolley” for the day and was painted over the trolley’s windshield. The young conductor said, “I’m so excited about this day because I love the trolleys! Matilda is my
LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
High and low culture presented in new medium
see BREWS on page 8
Photo courtesy of the Arnie Paddock family
Candy’s Dirtpage 6
By David [email protected]
Photos by Can TurkyilmazPhoto by Jens Larsen
Lawyer with brain cancer helps struggling families
Belgian-born Wim Bens had the idea of introducing craft beer to a thirsty market.
Photo courtesy of The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Movie night is for the birds
After two years, it’s hardly a case of the brews
Dallas attorney Chris Mims inspires a group at "The Chris Mims Side-By-Side Fun Run" at the Trinity River Audubon Center.
By Shari Goldstein [email protected]
see NEW on page 5
see TROLLEY on page 6
Photo by Orestis Argiropoulos
see LAWYER on page 2
One of the original volunteer drivers in 1989, Arnie Paddock worked with MATA for 27 years.
By Jill Bernstein
“Love Letters (No. 1)”
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The DISD school board was back in session at 3:15 a.m. on Tuesday.
Photo by Bill Zeeble/KERA News
There are times when you just don’t want to turn on the televi-sion or pickup a newspaper. And I am in the newspa-per business! This is an incredibly turbu-lent time in which we live. And clearly, with infighting internationally and nationally, solutions seem nowhere to be found. We have no leadership. We have no one to turn to. In too many places around the world, there is simply no hope.
What an incredible “punch in the stomach” when I first heard that Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down by a Russian missile in eastern Ukraine. My first thought was, “Oh, oh. Here we go again. This is some seri-ous stuff.” I didn’t even have time to grieve for the sense-less loss of life.
The child immigration issues at the U.S.-Mexico border had me scratching my head as well. Scripted on the Statue of Liberty is “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free/The wretched refuse of your teeming shore/ Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed to me/I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
As Lee Corso would say, “Not so fast, my friend.” We have reached a point where the cupboard is full and empty at the same time. An aggressive group of people and politicians have become judge and jury. We can’t af-ford to bring in anymore
illegal aliens to live off the U.S. Agreed, but my sense is that they want no one coming in to the U.S. legally or ille-
gally. Ironic, since unless we are Native American, we all came in — via gen-erations before — legally or illegally. That includes Texas Governor Rick Perry and the
president of the United States.Reality meets politics
whenever reports surface that the economy is on the rebound. No, it is not. Try being a mid-dle-aged man or woman with a family facing the loss of their job and the possibility of los-ing their home once billed as the “Great American Dream.” Try to get health treatment if you are a veteran. Try going to a 7-Eleven or stopping at an off ramp in Dallas and not get panhandled.
But fear not. There is real news this week, the kind that minimizes the beginning stages of World War III, or the exclusion of people from “The Land of the Free” or the possibility of another Great Depression.
Prince George turned one Tuesday.
“Wait, what?”Are you kidding me?
Prince George’s first birthday is more headline-worthy than the world crumbling around us like in a Will Smith movie. I dislike the little guy already.
Our wonderful, but very pregnant with twins, Katy Trail Weekly graphic designer Amy Moore, beamed last week when she had scored a twin stroller
online for $25. Prince George has probably already signed an exclusive endorsement agree-ment with Jaguar. Let me step out and get some decaffeinated tea and crumpets for Amy. She has earned it.
There was a picture in USA Today of Prince George at the Natural Museum of History in London at the “Sensational Butterflies” ex-hibit. When I was his age, we had the “Not-so Sensational Mosquito” exhibit in my backyard. No double-decker busses stopped to see it.
Prince George listens to Big Ben. We got excited as a kid if we heard the bells of the ice cream man, given we had enough money for a Popsicle.
He craps in his royal britches. We played in the crap in our muddy ditches. He rides around in a horse and carriage. We didn’t even have seat belts in our 1955 Chevy with the solid steel dashboard. Mom, holding me in her arms, was my seatbelt.
Don’t get me wrong. I would love to be Prince George’s uncle if Pippa Middleton would come call-ing. But the odds of that hap-pening are almost as long as the Dallas Cowboys making the Super Bowl in 2015.
I know, at my age, birth-days don’t matter. Until you miss one. But making Prince George’s first birthday a story is a joke. Lil’ George has a long road ahead of him, and it is not all strawberries and cream.
So, Happy Birthday Prince George! USA Today and NBC’s “Today Show” and TMZ and others couldn’t be prouder.
“Now, back to the news.”
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SMU Meadows associate professor honoredUNIVERSITY PARK
By David [email protected]
Sandra Duhé, associ-ate professor and chair of the Division of Communication Studies at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, is one of 15 communication profes-sionals nationwide named to the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) College of Fellows for 2014.
Duhé, who joined SMU in fall 2012, oversees the new B.A. in public relations and strategic communication in the Division of Communication Studies. She previously served as a pub-lic affairs manager for Conoco, Mobil and ExxonMobil, and headed the public relations program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her book “New Media and Public Relations” is considered one of the top scholarly texts in the field. She holds degrees in busi-ness, public relations and ap-plied economics, and received her Ph.D. in political economy from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Founded in 1989, the College of Fellows is an hon-orary organization within PRSA comprised of more than 300 senior practitioners and educators, each of whom has left a significant footprint on the public relations profes-sion. Election to the college is considered the pinnacle of a professional’s career. College members are seen through-out PRSA and the profession serving in chapter, section and national leadership positions, mentoring students and pro-fessionals, teaching and engag-ing in professional practice.
“The 15 impressive induct-ees of the prestigious PRSA College of Fellows each have
more than two decades of exemplary public relations work and are a model of what can be achieved in our profession,” PRSA 2014 National Chair Joe Cohen, APR, said. “I congratulate them on this incredible honor, and I urge students and new professionals to follow the example of this outstanding group.”
The new Fellows will be formally in-ducted at a dinner on Oct. 11, during the PRSA 2014 International Conference in Washington, D.C.
PRSA is the largest professional orga-nization serving the U.S. public relations community. With a mission to “advance the profession and the professional,” PRSA provides news and information, thought-ful leadership, continuing education and networking opportunities; sets standards of professional excellence and ethical con-duct; and advocates for the business value of public relations and greater diversity among public relations professionals.
By Victoria Winkelman
Early Tuesday morning, the Dallas school board voted to extend the contract of Superintendent Mike Miles through July 1, 2017. Miles won’t get a raise but will now be allowed to consult. The closed session last-ing nine hours may have set a Dallas school district record. It began a little past 5:30 p.m. Monday, and trustees didn’t emerge until almost 2:45 a.m. Tuesday. They then had an additional hour of open discussion.
The contract extends the old one by two years. Miles will no longer be prohibited from consulting, but cannot work for his own busi-ness. Allowed to consult eight days a year, he will have to use his vacation, then donate all fees to the district. His $300,000 salary will not change.
Trustee Lew Blackburn didn’t mind the contract but objected to the process and tim-ing. He said since Miles insisted on evaluat-ing teachers and principals before extending their contracts, the same should apply to the superintendent.
“But yet, in this case, for our number one employee, evaluation is put aside,” Blackburn said.
Board member Dan Micciche was sym-pathetic to the argument, but not convinced. He said trustees had just spent hours going through information on Miles and could evaluate him.
“Given the amount of time and energy we’ve spent looking at this data, the ability to make the decision on whether or not to extend the contract, we have protected the district and we have thoroughly looked through all the evaluation criteria,” Micciche said.
Trustee Elizabeth Jones wanted everyone to get some sleep, then revisit the contract another day. Board President Miguel Solis, though, defended the marathon session.
“It warranted a long discussion,” Solis said. “We needed to have a discussion about the superintendent’s achievement to date and also the vision we have for the future of this school system.”
That future includes reforms Miles has begun putting in place. There’s leadership training, a recently passed teacher evalua-tion plan and extra funds aimed at some of the district’s poorest and poorest performing schools. Acceptance of these reforms marks a turnaround from a year ago, when Miles was under investigation for breaking laws and policies. Despite violations, he kept his job and went on probation. Miles argued for the con-tract extension in closed session.
“I think the board recognized that re-form and transformation takes time,” Miles explained. “You can’t flip a switch. And we’re going to continue to move forward on Destination 2020 and the tough reforms that we’ve started.”
Then, Miles said it was time to go home to get some sleep.
Marathon session keeps Miles on board
DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
By Bill ZeebleKERA News
SMU's Sandra Duhé is one of 15 communication professionals named PRSA College of Fellows.
Photo by Kim Ritzenhaler Leeson
and it takes an unbearable financial and emotional toil on an individual and his or her family. That is why I was moved to do something about it.”
Nearly 150 of Mims' friends and associates joined him on a recent warm Saturday morning to participate in the race and walk. The participants represented a human rainbow of men, women and children from the Dallas area.
The event was entitled “The Chris Mims Side-By-Side Fun Run,” and each participant was encouraged to raise $250, and personally donate $25 to assists families that are facing the dreaded disease. “We must not allow people to believe that they are in the battle against cancer all by themselves,” Mims, who participated in the walk and run said. “Each of us has an obli-gation to participate in and contribute to this crucial fight for families, their children and their dignity,” he said.
Mims encourages anyone that knows of families in need of assis-tance to contact him at [email protected]. — Daniel Marcus
LAWYER cont'd frompage 1
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By David [email protected]
MULL IT OVER
With the Texas Rangers suffering through their worst season in years after four consecutive playoff appear-ances, the remainder of the season seems bleak at best. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Don Welke, the Rangers senior special assis-tant to the general manager, scouting, said. “How do I describe it? I have never seen so many injuries to so many key players.”
But the future is bright, Welke says, and he should know. For nearly 50 years, Welke has been in amateur and professional baseball, primarily as a major league scout with the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and the Rangers. He originally joined the Rangers organization in 2005, re-turned to Texas in 2007 after a year with Philadelphia and has been with the club ever since.
Welke, who lives in Arlington, never played pro-fessional baseball, instead choosing to coach baseball and basketball at the high school and small college level including a stint at Concordia College in Ann Arbor, Mich. “I had a friend that was a scout in Kansas City that wanted me to bird-dog players at my schools and in Wisconsin,” Welke said. “Then he asked me to join the organization.”
The Royals were the first team to build a base-ball academy with the pur-pose of growing a team from within. “We had some good ballplayers. [All-Star second baseman] Frank White came out of the academy. Then we had this guy named Ron Washington.” Washington is
in his eighth season as man-ager of the Rangers.
Welke was a key mem-ber of the management team that helped build Toronto into World Championship teams in 1992 and 1993. “I worked with Pat Gillick for 25 years,” Welke said. “He was
one of the best GMs ever.” Gillick was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011. “I signed Dave Stieb, Pat Hentgen and John Olerud,” Welke said. Stieb played 15 seasons with the Blue Jays and was a seven-time All Star. Hentgen won the American League Cy Young Award in 1996. Olerud won three Gold Gloves and was the AL batting champion with a .363 average in 1993.
Not a territorial scout, Welke has been everywhere. “I have been to Japan, Korea, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. I get to see the best players in high school and college — getting ready for the draft — to trade pos-sibilities to major league free agents. I saw Yu Darvish when he was in high school. At crunch time, I got in-volved, with [Rangers general manager] John Daniels and Washington. We met the player’s family, and we met the player. Signing him was one our best moves.”
When Welke returned to the Rangers, he was ada-mant that you build a ballclub
through the farm system, saying that previous Rangers offseason signings like Alex Rodriguez and Chan Ho Park are not the road to a championship. “You build a farm system to get to a point. And then when you get close enough, you go and get one or two players. We got Cliff Lee and almost got there. We got Adrian Beltre and almost got there.”
The greatest talent he scouted for the Rangers was Josh Hamilton. “He was as great a talent as I ever saw,” Welke said. In the winter of 2007, the Rangers traded pitchers Edinson Volquez and Danny Herrera to the Reds for Hamilton. He won the AL Most Valuable Player award in 2010, the season of the Rangers’ first World Series appearance.
“We have got to get healthy,” Welke said, refer-ring to the current state of the Rangers. “We have a good farm system. But we didn’t have the players to fill the void at the Triple-A level this year. But the players in the minors are getting ready to produce. By 2017, we will have (Joey) Gallo and the boys down in Frisco that will be ready to produce.”
Welke also points out that injured young play-ers like Martin Perez and Jurickson Profar should be able to make major contri-butions. “Look at Shin-Soo Choo. He had the best first six weeks of any player this year. Then he hurts his ankle. He will be back too.”
Despite living a life on the road, Welke raised two girls and a boy and has four grandchildren. “They come over to the house, and I give them my frequent flyer miles,” Welke said.
The 71-year-old Welke figures he has another “20 or so” years left in the business. “When I can’t make it down to the field, I’ll give it up.” Welke said. “When I worked with Tommy Lasorda at the Dodgers, he would say ‘Don’t you ever say that you went to work. Doing what we do is not a job. What we do is have the opportunity to build a championship.’ I believe in that.”
Don Welke will be chal-lenged in the coming years with helping the Rangers return to championship sta-tus. With his track record, it appears that it won’t be long before the Rangers are back on top.
Trail Mix
Have a question you want asked on the Katy Trail?Send it to [email protected]
By Brent Bergner @BergnerBrent
It’s scorching hot outside! Trail Mix asked our friends how they are keeping cool this July.
What’s your strategy to beat the heat this season?
Graydon Wyatt “The best way to beat the heat is to hit up the lake or
the pool. Wakeboarding is an excellent distraction from the temperature. School takes up most of my time now, but you
can find a nice shady spot and have an iced tea.”
Kyle Kelley“It’s hard to top a dark movie theater with some good snacks and super cold air conditioning, but a patio with misting fans
and cold beer is good too.”
Leslie Fearka “Well, I’m out here working because it’s too cold in my store! I honestly love the heat, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s
one of my favorite things about Dallas. If it’s absolutely too hot though, an iced coffee or mojito in the pool will do.”
Michael Skrobeck & Lilly “Lilly and I like to stay inside — there is a vent in my apart-
ment right at my bedside that is wonderful. I always find Lilly there and it’s become a personal favorite for me too!”
Erin Baima“I think the best way to beat the heat is to embrace it. Slather on the SPF, get your friends, make a batch of
margaritas and hit the pool.”
The future of the Rangers is in the hands of a veteran
Rob Lord
By Rob Lord
Almost every guy who has ever touched a weight has benched. It is the king of the upper body exercises as it de-velops the chest, shoul-ders and triceps in one efficient movement. This article is intended for the novice to intermedi-ate male lifter who has been stuck at the same weight on bench for months or years. You will easily add over six pounds per week to your bench on this program. To get started you will need a gym, a notebook and a few gallons of organic milk (lactose free if needed). And yes, you will seriously add 50 plus pounds to your bench. You may gain a pound or two of fat but it will quickly come off when you stop drink-ing the milk. You will be working all of your pushing muscles on your body (chest, shoul-ders and triceps) every Monday and Thursday. Do not do more work for these muscles. If you do, this program will not work and you will most likely sustain an overuse injury. Also, you will want to avoid doing long slow
distance cardio more than twice a week during the program. A safety note before you start: Bench press can be the most deadly lift in the gym if performed alone. ALWAYS have a spotter when you bench in order to prevent becoming trapped under a bar.
For the entire duration of the eight-week program, you will be doing two dif-ferent workouts, your “Monday” workout and your “Thursday” workout. They are as follows:
Monday:1. Bench PressWarm-up slowly, first with a set of push-
ups, then the barbell. For your warm-up, per-form at least four sets of progressively heavier weights, doing three to four reps each set. For the final heavy set you will try to find your five rep max weight. This means the most weight you can lift for five reps. If you guess a weight to attempt and end up performing more or less reps than five, make your best guess at what you could have done for five reps. Always be conservative and underestimate how much weight you can lift when in doubt.
2. Upright Row
This movement will allow your chest and triceps a chance to recover. Use 45 percent of your bench five rep max for your workout. Complete three sets for max reps with one minute and 30 seconds rest between sets.
3. Close Grip Bench PressNow that your triceps have had a chance
to recover, you are going back to the bench press. Use 65 percent of your bench five-rep max for three sets of max reps, resting one minute and 30 seconds between sets.
Thursday:1. Bench PressAfter a warm-up of push-ups and light
weight on the bench, you will complete the following four sets, with two minutes rest between sets: 80 percent of 5rm x 10 reps, 85 percent of 5rm x eight reps, 90 percent of 5rm x six reps and the last set is 95 percent of 5rm x max reps (usually four to six reps). On all four sets, be slow and controlled as you lower the weight and push the barbell upward with maximum velocity.
2. Dumbbell Incline PressComplete three sets for max reps using
dumbbells that weigh 25 percent of your bench 5rm per hand.
3. DipsComplete three sets of dips for max reps.
If you cannot do bodyweight dips, do close grip push-ups instead.
Keys to SuccessIn order to gain an outrageous amount of
strength to your bench press in eight weeks, you must eat plenty of protein and sleep eight hours per night. An easy way to make sure you are getting plenty of protein and calories into your body is to drink a gallon of milk every day, in addition to your three normal meals. I can hear the skepticism now, but it works. Over the course of the eight weeks, you will gain a couple of pounds of fat but tons of mus-cle that you should be able to maintain once the eight weeks is over. In other words, if you are about to go to the beach, this may not be the program for you. But if you want to liter-ally add 50+ pounds to your bench in less than two months, this will work. Make sure you keep accurate records of your lifts, and let me know how you did!
Rob Lord is the owner and head trainer at The AlphaProject.org. He can be reached at 214-557-1588.
FITNESS ON THE TRAIL
Guys: add 50 pounds to your bench in eight weeks
Photos courtesy of Texas Rangers
Rangers Senior Special Assistant to the General Manager, Scouting, Don Welke first met Ron Washington in Kansas City.
Sports camp that shouldn’t be dodgedChildren ages 6 – 14
are invited to participate in a “classic sports and dodge-ball” camp from 9 a.m. — noon, Monday–Thursday, July 28–31 at Reverchon Park at 3505 Maple Ave. The cost is $99 per participant.
This exciting camp utilizes dodgeball, soccer and basketball to cross-train children of all skill levels while teaching them how to succeed on and off the field. Games include everything from “Star Wars” and “Dungeon Dodgeball” to “Ultimate Basketball” and “Around the World Soccer.” Program time focuses on fun, self-awareness, self-motivation, work ethic, agility, hand-eye coordination, proper
nutrition and proper exercise. Dodgeballs are made of a soft and safe foam material.
For more information, call 214-670-7721 or visit the Reverchon Recreation Center. — Christy Burgess
Photo courtesy of Ryan Solomon
Don Welke
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Fri 7/25Walter Brennan, b. 1894Estelle Getty, b. 1923Walter Payton, b. 1954Matt LeBlanc, b. 19671866 – Ulysses Grant became 1st officer named to rank of General of the Army.
Sat 7/26Stanley Kubrick, b. 1928Helen Mirren, b. 1946Dorothy Hamill, b. 1956Kevin Spacey, b. 1959Sandra Bullock, b. 19641948 – President Truman ordered desegregation of U.S. armed forces.
Sun 7/27Norman Lear, b. 1922Bobbie Gentry, b. 1944Peggy Fleming, b. 1948Maya Rudolph, b. 19722001 – American Airlines Center opened in Dallas. 2,000 people cut the 3-mile long ribbon: two new world records.
Mon 7/28Beatrix Potter, b. 1866Richard Rodgers, b. 1902Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, b. 1929Terry Fox, b. 1958Lori Loughlin, b. 19641951 – Disney re-leased “Alice in Wonderland.”
Tue 7/29Booth Tarkington, b. 1869“Prof.” Irwin Corey, b. 1914Don Carter, b. 1926Ken Burns, b. 19531914 – 1st trans-continental phone link: New York to San Francisco
Wed 7/30Henry Ford, b. 1863Paul Anka, b. 1941Anita Hill, b. 1956Vivica Fox, b. 1964Hilary Swank, b. 19741956 – “In God We Trust” ad-opted as U.S. motto.
Thu 7/31Milton Friedman, b. 1912Mark Cuban, b. 1958Wesley Snipes, b. 1962J. K. Rowling, b. 1965Loren Dean, b. 19691790 – 1st U.S. Patent issued: to Sam Hopkins for potash process.
July 25 2001 N. Lamar St., Suite 500Dallas, 75202214-272-2450
White Space — Come to an opening reception for our newest exhibit “BLACK,” featuring the artwork of Laura Drapac and Michael Christopher Matson. Through their individual uses of non-existent space, bold lines or contrasting colors to create definition, “BLACK” becomes the common denominator between their works and styles; and inspires the title for this exhibit. 7 to 9 p.m. Call to register. FREE!
July 26 11170 N. Central ExpresswayDallas, 75243214-361-2966
Studio Movie Grill — Come to our Special Needs screening of “Planes: Fire and Rescue.” Free for children with special needs and their siblings. Everyone else pays before noon matinee price. Special Needs screenings run with the lights up and the sound down so the children are free to laugh, play, sing and even dance while they watch. 11 a.m. FREE!
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Promise of Peace Community Garden — We’re raising money to fund a new program where youth onprobation in Dallas County will receive 12 weeks of unique training in life skills, career pathways and garden to table culinary experiences. Ticket sales end July 27. 5 to 8 p.m. Admission $50.
July 28 – August 1
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UT Dallas — See our “Arms Around the Art Barn” exhibit at the UTD main gallery. The exhibit features: Jennifer Burrhus, Lance Eden, Steph Hargrove, Kris Noteboom, Madi Pechacek, Lori Robertson-Snyder, Cynthia Ann Saathoff and Veronica Smith. Held in the Visual Arts Building. FREE!
July 31
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Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden — Bring your child to “Designing with Flowers, Sticks and Stones.” Elementary and middle school students will learn tricks of design for fun, whimsical, beautiful arrangements in this arts and crafts activity. To register, visit dallasarboretum.org/visit/seasonal-festivals-events/yearofcg. 10 a.m. FREE!
July 31 2757 Swiss Ave.Dallas, 75204 469-547-9449
Dallas CASA — Join us for our upcoming volunteer sessions! Volunteers are trained to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children living in protective care and to make recommendations that help judges decide where these children can live safely and permanently. Other sessions held Aug. 8 and 14. 6 to 7 p.m. FREE!
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Dallas Arboretum — Bring your child to nature journaling, for children in first to fourth grade. These half-day classes are designed for the young at heart and the special young child in their life. Play with color and texture to create a personal art diary with your child. Songs, games and lots of fun make this a one-of-a-kind experience. 1 p.m. $30-$35.
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Miami heats up with work from top designers
As the weather in Dallas cooled down, the fashion scene in Miami got hotter. The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim began on July 17 in Miami. Just like the Mercedes-Benz fash-ion weeks in New York, these shows set the precedence for next year’s swimwear designs. Twenty-nine swimsuit designers from across the world showcased their 2015 resort swim collections at the three-day event.
Why does this matter to you? These designers influence next year’s swimsuit styles, colors and patterns. Also, if you are still looking for the perfect suit, take inspiration from these fashion shows. Bright colors mixed with eye-catching prints, sporty-chic styles, laser-cut designs, one-piece suits and high-waist bot-toms will all be returning next season.
No one mixes prints and neon colors better than New York-based
designer Mara Hoffman. Hoffman debuted her signature Technicolor tribal-print collec-
tion on July 19. Her title “queen of tribal print,” was once again validated with her use of vivid hues and unique designs. She also incorporated laser-cut details and precise patterns on several one-piece swimsuits.
When asked about the hottest trends for 2015 in an interview with Ocean Drive Magazine, Hoffman said, “Bright colors, a high waist and surf references.” Hoffman wasn’t the only designer inspired by the surf lifestyle.
The sporty-chic or “sport luxe” designs made a splash at this year’s swim shows. Scuba and surf references were evident in many collections and are on par for 2015 resort collections.
The Clover Canyon collection mixed trompe l’oeil images with sporty swimsuit designs to create a unique look from the rest of the
designers. Exposed zippers on one-piece swimsuits with a floral design were one-of-a-kind at fashion week. The collection also incorporated high-waist swimwear into their sporty-chic
designs. We Are Handsome premiered
their collection for the first time in the United States. The 5-year-old compa-ny from Australia created sporty-chic
looks through long-sleeved rash guard crop tops paired with high-waist bottoms. A white, python-like snake wrapped around the models’ shoulders accompanied some swimsuits down the runway.
Men, fashion week did not forget about you. Models walked the runway showcas-ing bright colors and short trunks. Similar prints and designs were featured on the swimwear for men.
Although you have to wait to purchase these designs, you can find similar styles on sale now. Moral of the story: stock up on high-waist bot-toms, sport-inspired designs and colorful vibrant prints to enjoy now and for next sum-mer, because these styles aren’t going anywhere.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim is a three-day event held in Miami. This is the 10th season of the Mercedes-
Benz Fashion Week Swim shows. To see more looks from the shows or view each designer, visit mbfashionweek.com/Miami.
July 27
By Jessica Voss@JessVoss11
Jessica Voss
Mara Hoffman’s signature tribal design with a mix of neon colors and high-waist bottoms is showcased.
Photo courtesy of Mara Hoffman Photo courtesy of We Are Handsome
A model reveals the sporty-chic trend in swimwear with a rash guard crop top and high-waist bottoms.
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture announced today that Jared Farmer is the 2014 recipi-ent of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities, one of the na-tion’s most prestigious honors in the humanities. Farmer, a professor at Stony Brook University in New York, is widely considered to be one of the finest young environmental historians writing today. He will receive the award at the 10th anniversary public luncheon this fall in Dallas.
The $50,000 Hiett Prize was created by the Dallas Institute in 2005 in collaboration with philanthropist Kim Hiett Jordan to recognize a person who has not yet reached his or her full
potential but whose work in the hu-manities shows extraordinary promise.
“This year marks the 10th an-niversary of the Hiett Prize, which means in its lifetime thus far, $500,000 has been awarded to young men and women who possess an ex-ceptional commitment to the human-ities. Jared Farmer’s accomplishments to date show without a doubt that he belongs among these extraordinary
first 10 Hiett winners,” J. Larry Allums, Ph.D., executive director of the Dallas Institute, said.
“Through his writing and photography, Jared brings to light hidden histories of land-scapes and habitats and the ways human be-ings interact with them. His still-unfolding work in a relatively new field of the humanities is of such a high order that it promises to be-come a model for others who will follow him.
And, in addition, its relevance and accessibil-ity make Jared the ideal recipient of this year’s Hiett Prize. We are absolutely thrilled to pay tribute to his work in this way.”
The purpose of the Hiett Prize is to en-courage future leaders in the humanities. It represents the counterpart of lifetime achieve-ment awards by aiming at the discovery of notable talent in the humanities on its way toward full maturity.
Farmer, an associate professor of history at Stony Brook University in New York, has won awards for two of his books: “On Zion’s Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape” (Harvard University Press, 2008) and his latest book, “Trees in Paradise: A California History” (W. W. Norton, 2013). He is the recipient of the Francis Parkman Prize.
His essays and reviews have appeared in publications such as Science, Environmental
History, Reviews in American History, High Country News, Western American Literature and Religion Dispatches.
Farmer is currently working on two book projects: “Ancient Trees in Modern Times” (a history of the long search for the world’s oldest living thing, and a meditation on the future of long-lived trees in the Anthropocene) and “The Aerial View” (a global study of aerial photography, aerial surveillance, satellite im-agery and remote sensing).
The Hiett Prize selection process occurs over several months each year. Applications from across the U.S. are evaluated during two elimination rounds before a winner is deter-mined during a final round.
The Hiett Prize luncheon and presenta-tion by Jared Farmer will be held Nov. 12 from noon–1:30 p.m. at the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
Jared Farmer
2014 Hiett Prize goes to environmental historianBy Emily Hargrove
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The coming week is likely to see many individuals com-ing in contact with others who share with them not only an overall point of view, but strate-gies, plans, tools and dreams about how to get things done and make things happen ac-cording to that worldview.
The key is networking; those who are able to get in touch with the greatest number of individuals and exchange ideas and information in the most clear and efficient manner will very likely find that those ideas and that information can be quite valuable – and immedi-ately so, without the need for a great deal of waiting around for something to happen.
This can be an exciting week for those who think out-side the box. Such thinking can yield measurable results almost immediately.
Those who think they have little to learn are likely to be surprised as lessons are learned in abundance – whether con-sciously or unconsciously. No one is likely to be exactly the same as the week comes to a close. There is so much to be gained that even the most stubborn and resistant will gain something!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 7)
Those who pass judgment are likely to find themselves in situ-ations where their own behav-ior comes under severe scrutiny. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) – You may
be relying on routine when in fact routine is your least reliable tool. Do something new!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7)
You are spending a great deal of time worrying about how things look, when you should instead be focusing on how ef-fective they are. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) – You must avoid coming across as one who doesn't care. Maintain distance, but display some emotion on occasion.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7)
You are doing things that come easily to you, but you may also have to attempt something that is quite difficult, if only at first. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) – You are not as comfortable in your own skin as you would like to be. There are certain adjustments you can make.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7)
You must be ready to make changes quickly and defini-tively. Those who can turn on a dime are likely to come out on top. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) – You are living in a certain fantasy that is not likely to pay off for you in the long run. Get your feet back on the ground.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7)
You may encounter someone who has you re-evaluating yourself and your methods. He
or she seems to have the advan-tage. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) – You are attracted to the way someone else does certain things, though he or she may not be immedi-ately attractive to you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6)
You can surely get the most out of a situation if you approach it in the most honest manner pos-sible. Don't try to hide anything. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) – You may be quick to size up the competi-tion, but that doesn't mean the race is won – yet.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3)
Patience is not your strong suit. You'll be eager to get started, eager to get finished and eager to move on! (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) – You are better equipped than most to address a key issue that has come to the fore only recently.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5)
You are interested in doing and saying things that will take oth-ers by surprise, but remember: Content is what really counts, not delivery. (March 6-March 20) – You are waiting for anoth-er to provide you with essential information. While you wait, a plan can be made.
ARIES (March 21-April 4)
You are concerned about the well-being of one who has not
been near you for some time. News that comes your way puts you at ease. (April 5-April 19) – Someone with whom you have worked in the past makes news, and you'll be eager to follow suit.
TAURUS (April 20-May 5)
You can get a lot done, but take care that you are not intention-ally leaving a more difficult task to the very end. (May 6-May 20) – You'll have the chance to show off a very unusual skill be-fore the week is out, though not everyone will react as you had hoped.
GEMINI (May 21-June 6)
You are after something a little more meaningful than what a friend makes available to you. It's time to talk things out. (June 7-June 20) – You have much to share with others, but not ev-eryone will be eager to partake. You can provide much to those who want it.
CANCER (June 21-July 7)
You may be looking in all the wrong places for something that you are eager to recover, even after going without it for quite some time. (July 8-July 22) – You may have trouble figuring somebody out, but he or she may know what you're all about right away.
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14. Not clean19. -- de Mayo20. Time traveler -- McFly21. Legal wrongs23. Condor's abode
24. Suit coat feature25. Of bees26. Knickknack27. Mortgages28. Revises30. Lays off work
32. Hitchhiker's place33. Orphan of comics34. Narrowly describe36. Went fast38. Kind of canyon
40. Dangerous curve41. Reunion attendee42. Upper story43. Safari country45. Contented murmurs49. Edible seed50. Na+ and Cl-51. "Runaway Bride" groom52. Raid56. Burst into flower58. -- de vivre59. Doctorate exams60. Meditation guide61. Caught some rays62. Bunkhouse items63. Vatican virtue64. Koan discipline65. Rolex rival66. LEM lander67. Dissolves68. Tabloid shocker71. TLC providers72. Full-strength73. Panmunjom site74. Lock up75. Cameos (2 wds.)78. Beyond zealous79. Hibachi dish83. Big Band et al.84. Iris center85. Protrudes86. -- out (relax)87. Turn into bone90. Ski slope bump91. Puts92. UFO passenger94. Aunt or bro.95. Harbor suspicions96. Soy product97. Inferior, slangily98. Muses' father100. Trite101. Eric the Red's son
102. Dynamite pro103. Gumbo ingredient104. Grew older105. Paddock youngster106. -- and hiss107. Like autumn leaves108. Go slowly110. Cow's bellow111. "Nick of Time" singer113. Suffix for "hero"116. Mrs. Lennon117. Holding a grudge118. Ornery123. Sleuths' clues125. Tex. neighbor127. Interprets tea leaves129. Salad green130. Gold brick131. Cuts calories133. Fields135. Horned fiend136. Actor's whisper137. Girder material138. Alabama town139. Vote in140. Interior look141. Agile142. Secret rendezvous143. Take 10
DOWN1. Biscayne Bay city2. Dismantle a tent3. Tableau4. Keep a grip (2 wds.)5. GP group6. Bland pudding7. Harness part8. "I could -- -- unfold . . ."
9. Newcastle upon --10. Handy abbr.11. "Sure!" (2 wds.)12. Blew it13. Cook in a wok14. Star system15. Jockey's brake16. Castle that danced17. Skimpy skirts18. Oui and ja19. Show approval22. Glumly29. Made catty remarks31. Sparkled35. Pay attention37. Conditions39. Singles42. Hi's comic-strip wife43. Romantic poet44. HS math45. Soak up46. Graduates47. Straightforward48. Nightclub number50. Scintilla51. The fabulous Garbo53. Greek liqueur54. Assayers' samples55. Fix a piano57. Drop -- -- line58. Mr. Canseco59. Stopped a squeak62. Train units63. Grave risk66. Acorns67. Exxon mergee68. Listener's need69. Seneca's dozen70. Tissue layer72. Request earnestly73. On the fritz74. Hangar occupants76. Canadian prov.77. Playful bark
78. Scrum game79. "Swan Lake" garb80. Drive a Cessna81. Zoo employee82. Shrug off84. Butter quantity85. Mutt's crony87. Ricelike pasta88. Go in search of89. Disparaging remark90. Gourmet mushroom91. Muddy up92. Gleeful shout93. Reduced95. Snoopy's favorite trees?96. Mallard cousin97. Attire99. Pouch100. "Slither" actor101. Closer to sea level102. Give off steam105. Remote106. Fragrant firs109. Team list110. Stiff straw hat111. Insolently112. Gentle113. Epic by Homer114. Taste or smell115. Hocus-pocus117. Lie dormant118. Showing more skin119. "Rumour Has It" singer120. Uses a springboard121. Remove a renter122. Shoulder muscle124. Long-gone bird126. Beavers' young128. Toward sunrise132. Cunning134. Plopped down
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily
life off our souls.”— Pablo Picasso
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
the collective addresses the com-plex issue of alphabet politics — the attempts by nations, cul-tures and ideologies to ascribe a specific set of letters to a given language.
“The Dallas Museum of Art is very pleased to be one of the first U.S. museums to present the work of ‘Slavs and Tatars,’ an international art col-lective shown in museums and biennials around the world, as part of our long-standing ‘Concentrations’ series,” Maxwell L. Anderson, the Eugene McDermott director of the Dallas Museum of Art, said. “For more than 30 years, the Museum’s ‘Concentrations’ series has showcased large-scale installations of over 50 emerging artists, making the work of contemporary art-ists more accessible while also continu-ing the DMA’s distinguished history of presenting the art of the present.”
For “Concentrations 57: Slavs and Tatars” the DMA presents “Love
Letters,” a series of 10 carpets based on the drawings of Russian poet, playwright and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930). Mayakovsky ini-tially worked on behalf of the Bolshevik Revolution, lend-ing his talents to give voice to the
Russian people at a time of great social upheaval and reconstruction. But as the revolution changed its course, Mayakovsky — known as the “people’s poet” — became extremely disillusioned and could not forgive himself for being complicit in Joseph Stalin’s ruthless rise to
power. He ultimately committed suicide at age 37.
Through caricature, the carpets depict the wrenching experience of hav-ing a foreign alphabet imposed on one’s native tongue and the linguistic acrobat-ics required to negotiate such change. In
particular, the carpets tell two parallel stories: that of Vladimir Lenin’s forced Romanization of the Arabic-script languages spoken by the Muslim and Turkic-speaking people of the Russian Empire and the 1928 language revolution of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Turkey’s first president — in which the Turkish language was converted from Arabic to Latin script. Accompanying the carpets are an audio piece of 15 odes to letters which are no longer in use, “Love Letters to Vladimir” (2014), produced specifi-cally for the DMA installation, as well as three sculptures from the artist’s “Long Legged Linguistics” thematic series.
“Concentrations 57: Slavs and Tatars” is included in the Museum’s free general admission. A full-color illustrat-ed brochure will accompany the exhibi-tion with explanatory text by exhibition curator Gabriel Ritter. For more infor-mation, visit DMA.org.
Photos courtesy of Kraupa-Tuskany Zeider
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It’s finally July in Dallas, but people are still buying real estate keeping the market almost as hot as the tempera-tures. Case in point: Briggs Freeman Sothebys has al-ready sold $1 bil-lion of real estate. Funny thing: A recent study by Trulia showed that Millennials prefer living in San Antonio and Houston over Dallas. And an Austin-based company, PSW Homes, is building affordable housing in North Oak Cliff, Hollywood Heights and surprise, Preston Hollow. These earth-loving, solar-powered casitas are of-fering the in-town crowd new, affordable housing at around the $300K mark.
But if it’s a great family home you seek, this is one I want you to RUN to see, like today if possible. It is a Forest Hills classic built in 2007 by (we think) Oscar Ponder, cre-ated by red brick and stone, with plenty of square footage
— 5,216 to be exact. This home is beautiful, soothing and jam-packs in four bed-
rooms, a first floor master, study, wine room, five fireplac-es, five full baths and one half bath, whopping sized formals and a four car garage with an auto court. Oh, did I mention the gor-geous back yard pool and spa right
off of not just one, but TWO charming covered patios and outdoor living areas, one with a pizza oven-sized fireplace and full kitchen?
Like most generous Forest Hills properties, this one measures two-thirds of an acre. The large lots are becoming a popular spot for professionals seeking larger lots or homes to refurbish in Lakewood. White Rock Lake is within walking distance, a block away on the other side of Garland Road.
1409 San Rafael Drive, listed with wonder woman Barbara Heady of Coldwell Banker Previews, harbors a most interesting outdoor life.
In fact, I can say with certain-ty, someone could even live in this house in the fabulous ex-terior rooms and not set foot in the house — all your needs would be taken care of.
There is the terrace to the pool, the hot tub and sepa-rate fire pit below all set in the glorious, huge backyard. If you must, a full bath is acces-sible from the patio featuring a stunning Danby marble vanity.
Enter the home through
elegant iron gates and then the magic begins. Beautiful double dappled-glass doors open to towering ceilings, custom hand-craved mill-work, a curved front foyer iron staircase, interior archways and uniquely finished woods, including those stunning an-tique beams. The floors are hand-scraped oak. Check out the blue-gray 19th century cabinet doors imported from France with original zinc
hardware intact in the living room. The kitchen is a cook’s dream with thick Mont Clair Danby white marble counters and a plethora of high-end appliances. Both the Butler’s pantry and the kitchen feature custom made antique mirror backsplash crafted by a local artisan, Malloy Mirror. (The backsplash took three months to create.) The master is down-stairs and has a spa bath at-tached with separate double shower and tub, and oceans of marble.
“Buyers who have seen
this home call it a resort,” Heady said. “It is like an oasis in the city, almost a second home, really.”
Asking is an unbelievable $1,600,000. Like I said, slip on your Nikes and RUN to the Hills!
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Agent key to constantly shifting market
If you’re one of the many folks shopping for a home this summer, then you know that the Texas heat isn’t the only thing that’s hot in Dallas.
The housing market is ablaze here. The tight supply of homes, con-tinued low interest rates and an increase in jobs has made for some hefty gains in sale prices local-ly. In Dallas County, the average price for homes sold in March was up 10 percent to $278,107 compared to the same time last year, according to O’Connor & Associates, a real estate research company in Houston.
The actual number of homes sold was down over last year, but real estate agents say that number is deceiving because the inventory of available homes is so low.
And according to a recent article in The Dallas Morning News, overall home prices in North Texas are now at a record high of just under $200,000. Local home prices are more than 45 percent above where they were at the worst of the recession in early 2010.
Great news, right? Sure, if you’re trying to sell your home.
But pricing a home correctly is still important to get it sold quickly. As for buyers, the market may prove frustrating to those who lose out in
a bidding war. The best advice is to find a real estate
agent who can help you navigate the constant-ly shifting housing market. Of course, there are many competent real estate pros throughout the metroplex.
When you interview potential agents, look for one who knows the area where you want to buy or sell. It’s important because these agents are knowledgeable about pricing. Home prices often vary from neighborhood to neighbor-hood. A real estate professional with experience will be able to help buyers and sellers negotiate the best terms possible for a specific area.
If you are selling a home, ask the agent what she thinks the home should list for. She should be able to tell you what similar homes sold for in your area and use that as a basis for a listing price. Beware of an agent who gives you a price that’s not justifiable just to get your business.
Marketing is another topic you should ad-dress with a candidate. Most buyers begin look-ing for homes on the Internet, so it’s important for agents to have online marketing tools avail-able. The right agent might also be able to help you get a jump on homes that are about to be listed, meaning you would stand a better chance of getting a home in the midst of what is shaping up to be a long, hot seller’s market.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is part of the Jessica Hargis Group for Keller Williams Realty and can be reached at 214-578-9477 or [email protected].
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
favorite, she’s the biggest trol-ley and she’s ‘Ollie’s Trolley’ today for the 25th birthday!” Robison and many other chil-dren there were ecstatic about cake for breakfast with a ride on Ollie’s Trolley.
According to restaura-teur and M-Line co-founder Phil Cobb: “It was a spec-tacular celebration today. Everyone said they had a wonderful time, and it was a momentous occasion for all of us. The trolleys truly have a special place in people’s hearts. That was most evi-dent today. There were smiles on the faces of kids of all ages. Oliver was a great cake judge, official historian and Honorary Motorman. Oliver is the cutest kid ever!” Cobb estimated that 4,000 pas-sengers rode Saturday, with a total of about 8,000 riders throughout the weekend. “We don’t have the clickers all tal-lied yet,” he said.
From the late 19th centu-ry through the 1930s, Dallas had numerous streetcar lines. The last streetcar ran during the mid-1950s. In the 1980s, Cobb was president of his neighborhood association. He and the late Ed Landrum co-founded MATA as a non-profit organization. Cobb was MATA president one year and has been chairman of the board four years. According to Cobb, the first idea for the trolley drove into the station more than 35 years ago.
By 1982, some city bond funds became available. With that, $6 million from the federal government and $2 million raised from the com-munity by Cobb, Landrum and other Dallas business-men, the DART M-Line (McKinney Avenue) Trolley restoration was onboard. On July 22, 1989, Streetcar #122 left the station, breaking a celebratory banner, welcom-ing the return of Dallas’ trol-ley system.
When you’re riding the trolley to the end of the route on St. Paul, if you look over-head at the junction you’ll see a placard bearing the name “Paddock.” The late Arnie Paddock, Ph.D., was one of the original volun-teer M-Line drivers for 27 years, who started working with co-founders Phil Cobb
and Ed Landrum two years before the M-Line’s 1989 launch. Paddock passed away in 2012, the day before his 70th birthday. During his career, Paddock achieved another first. While with Texas Instruments, he was on the team that created the first electronic digital watch.
According to the veteran driver’s son Dan, his dad had a special place in his heart for trolleys after growing up rid-ing the T in his native Boston. “When the M-Line re-launched on McKinney, driv-ing the trolley was a natural volunteer opportunity for him,” Paddock continued. “I imagine he was fulfilled even if he only had one passenger.”
Paddock, who taught physics at Richland College, eventually became an op-erators’ instructor/trainer, appropriately enough. Dan Paddock said that his dad’s favorite thing was meeting people from various parts of the world. “He was a wealth of knowledge and loved chatting it up with all of his passengers, storytelling and playing trivia with them. Then he’d invite riders to step on the air horn or ring the trolley’s bell, while doling out high-fives. People seemed to walk away with a pretty cool memory!”
Paddock said the best story his dad shared was when he was probably dis-tracted by visiting with rid-ers, he ran off the tracks at the end of the line. He added, “For 20 plus years, the marks were left in the asphalt, and when people would ask about that, he’d joke about a lady
that once asked if he could take her to the West End, and he tried his best!”
It was that location that would become Paddock Junction in a ceremony hon-oring his dad’s legacy by MATA shortly after he died. Motormen dressed in formal regalia stood at attention, while one placed Paddock’s motor-man hat on the seat of his trolley. “It’s a neat way to be remembered,” the driver’s son said. “Now, several times every day they call out, ‘Departing Paddock Junction.’”
Hanne Klein is the widow of Jack Lopez Klein, who became a volunteer conductor on the M-Line in 2000. She said that her late husband, being from New Orleans, was attracted to Dallas’ trolley service.
She explained the dif-ference between a driver and conductor: “The conductor does everything but drive. He helps people on and off the train. He gives an ongoing commentary about the sites as they pass them, which is espe-cially appreciated by tourists.”
Klein said she and her late husband took their chil-dren and grandchildren to ride the trolley often. She lives in a high-rise building on McKinney Avenue and said: “I love the trolley. I like hear-ing it up and down the street. I feel particularly good when I see it filled.”
Today, tracks are being laid downtown, with 75 per-cent of a 1-mile loop being complete. Coming back to Uptown from Downtown, the track runs through Klyde Warren Park. Five steps from the trolley are several restau-rants, from sidewalk vendors to casual to upscale. The expansion is scheduled to be complete in late fall, 2014.
DART supports the M-Line, maintaining air-condition and heating, while keeping the trolleys safe and clean. Admission is free 365 days a year, except for special charters. MATA presents a certificate each year to mo-tormen, acknowledging their service. They have continued presenting a certificate to the Paddock family since Paddock passed away. His son said, “Phil Cobb and John Landrum have been amazingly gracious to our family for all of the Saturday’s [Dad] spent happily on McKinney Avenue.”
TROLLEY cont'd frompage 1
Phil Cobb, co-founder and chairman of the board of MATA with Oliver Robison, Honorary Motorman of the Trolley's 25th birthday.
Photo by Rick Turner Photography
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When walking with your dog on the Katy Trail, there are many things to consider from heat related issues to encounters with other dogs, walk-ers, runners and cyclists not to mention the squir-rels that do every-thing they can to derail the hard work you’ve put in teaching your dog how to heel. I’m on the trail most days and I’ve seen nearly every dog-related problem one can imagine. I’ve witnessed the poor, over-heated dog being pulled along as his running owner seems oblivious to the dog’s distress, the petite Yorkies attached to retractable leashes that nearly jump into the mouths of passing Rottweilers and owners taken to the ground by their Blue Heeler’s sudden burst to the right to catch a squirrel. With a little bit of knowledge and awareness, owners can keep themselves and their dogs safe when walk-ing on our trail.
When it comes to pro-tecting dogs from the heat, I like to take a preventative approach. Before you head out consider the temperature, the temperature of the surface your dog will be walking on (remember you’re wearing shoes, he isn’t), the humidity, your dog’s known tolerance to heat, the color of his coat, whether or not he is brachyce-phalic and if you will have ac-cess to shade and water. Some dogs have “heat intelligence” and some do not. While dogs will give many indications that they are overheating, it is important to remember their enthusiasm can be misleading. Some dogs’ excitement and eagerness to please their own-ers will cause them to push themselves to the point of col-lapsing while others will seek shade, rest and water.
If it’s above 80 degrees,
you’re in the danger zone. Don’t let the clouds be an indicator of comfort. The hu-midity, even on cloudy days,
can be very difficult on your dog. Before you ask your dog to walk on a paved surface, place your palm on the surface for a few seconds to determine whether or not you feel you would be comfort-able walking on that surface in bare feet.
If the answer is “no”, it may be too hot for your dog. If your dog is new to you or you haven’t done much outdoor exercising with your dog, plan to take it easy while observ-ing your dog until you learn his level of heat tolerance. The darker the dog, the less toler-ant he will be to the sun’s rays. If your dog is brachycephalic, e.g. Pugs, Boxers, Boston Terriers, or Bulldogs, his abil-ity to cool himself is much less than that of a dog with a long snout. Some early signs to be aware of when trying to deci-pher whether or not your dog is in distress are heavy pant-ing, excessive thirst, weakness, increased heartbeat and bright or dark red tongue. My friend Bill Williams, an employee of Friends of the the Katy Trail, has helped drive one too many dogs on his golf cart to the vet clinic for emergency treatment for heat related distress. Many dogs die from heatstroke every summer. This fate is always preventable.
Another concern on the trail, aside from heat related dangers, are the distractions of other dogs, walkers, runners, cyclists and squirrels. Almost all incidents can be avoided with a little training, proper equipment and presence of mind. Most every potential danger related to distractions can be prevented with a four foot or shorter leash, walk-ing your dog next to you on your right (yes, right) and being aware of who and what is around you. I have taught my dog to “heel” (walk at my
side on the left) and “other side” (walk at my side on the right). This is very helpful on the Katy Trail. For most of the time, I keep Nitro on my right when on the trail. That way, all that are faster than us can pass us without having to worry whether or not my dog will interfere with their activity and in this way I insure Nitro will not be startled by someone coming up next to him. There is one time in particular that I make him come to a heel (left side) and that is when we pass the colony of feral cats living
in the ravine. (It is the cats that terrorize my dog.)
Recently, one of my clients recounted a story to me about his medium-sized shepherd mix darting through the trees on the Katy Trail and scooping up a Chihuahua in her mouth. The Chihuahua was badly injured and all four of them spent the next couple of hours at the nearest veterinary clinic. Anyone hearing this story for the first time might think my client’s dog has aggression to-ward little dogs, but listening to the details of the story I deter-mined that the dog thought the Chihuahua was a squirrel. If my client had not been allowing his dog to walk on a retractable leash and chase the squirrels on a regular basis on the Katy Trail, the incident most likely would not have happened. I advised him to make her heel, teach her “other side” and walk her on
a short leash next to him at all times.
For many reasons, it is very dangerous to let your dog off leash or to roam at the end of the leash in front of you or crossing back and forth while on the trail. Not all dogs ap-preciate their space being invaded by another dog. This can prove very dangerous for the unsuspecting, friendly dog that merely wandered over to say hello, not to mention the danger the owners are put in when breaking up a dog fight. If you are running with your Pomeranian on a retractable leash and he decides to dart to the left to visit a dog cross-ing his path, he can easily be trampled by other runners or a cyclist not to mention he might not be met with friend-liness from the other dog.
The Katy Trail is a won-derful place to walk our dogs but we must take care when doing so. Give your dog some training so that walking is controlled, use a short leash and provide your dog with water and shade as necessary. For the safety of your dog, watch the weather and your surroundings to ensure that
your time on the trail is enjoy-able. Otherwise, you might end up spending your after-noon and your hard-earned money at the vet clinic instead of walking on the Katy Trail.
Susan Strough is an owner at RAW by Canines First and a dog trainer.
Does the sight or thought of a snake make your body tense up in fear?
I don’t blame you if it does. Hollywood movies, mass media and, if you’re me, your older brothers terrified you with the reoccur-ring nightmare of a gigantic, fanged snake chasing you like a lion viscously attacking a zebra.
This is the time of year our snake fears pop up even in the city. In the warm months, we find snakes on our trails, around our houses and at our parks and lakes. This is also the time of year my so-cial media newsfeed starts filling up with pictures of people killing a necessary eco-system member, snakes. We, as humans, weigh much more than a snake, but are terrified of these scaled animals.
But here are the stats:• TherearemorecasualtiesintheU.S.
due to car accidents (37,594), lightning strikes (54) and dog attacks (21) each year than from venomous snake bites (five).
• Approximately7,000-8,000peopleareenvenomated each year in the U.S., but there is only an average of five casualties.
• InTexasalone,thereweremorecasu-alties in 2005 from drowning (308), firearms/hunting (79) and venomous arthropods (16) than venomous snake-bites (two).
Why you should not kill a snake:1. Snakes are apex predators. They keep small rodents, lizards
and other snake populations in check. 2. Not all snakes are venomous, and there are snakes that eat
venomous snakes, such as King snakes. 3. Snakes are great in the garden. They eat the animals that eat
your plants. Perfect!4. Snakes are not looking to attack you. Most people that get bit
are messing with the snake. Poking, handling or trying to kill it can ultimately lead to a bite.
In my years of conducting wildlife research in Texas, I stepped on, over and near several venomous snakes, yet one never attack me. Venom is a snake’s way to acquire food. Think of venom like a bit of cash: If I gave you only five dollars to sur-vive for two weeks, the last thing you would want to do is give it away. It takes a lot of energy for a snake to produce venom. The last thing a snake wants to do is waste it on defense, especially on an animal it knows it can’t eat like a human.
Two weeks ago, a man in Missouri died after receiving three to four bites from a venomous copperhead snake. That is scary! But the main part of that story that should have been highlight-ed was, “the man picked up the snake.” The last time a person died from a copperhead bite in Missouri was in 1965.
There are over 100 species of snakes in Texas and less than 10 are venom-ous. To learn how to identify the venom-ous species, visit the Dallas Fort Worth Herpetological Society website at dfwherp.org. If you’re unfamiliar with snake identification, it’s best to simply avoid the snake. Back off and walk the other way. Leave the snake alone. Teach your dog to stay away from snakes and teach your children to avoid snakes as well. If all else fails and a venomous snake somehow bites you,
seek medical attention and anti venom. My snake fear from childhood is gone. I discovered how
amazing these animals are and now respect their place in our world. Did you know they smell using their tongues and have no eyelids? Discover snakes in a new light, so you can eliminate your fears too.
Naima Montacer is a freelance writer and conservationist. View more at her website EnviroAdventures.com.
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The Texas rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus) is one of the more common large snakes in North Texas. It is a harmless snake valuable for controlling populations of rats and other vermin.
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July 25 – Culinarians Day
July 25 –Threading the
Needle Day
July 26 – All or Nothing
Day
July 26 – Aunt and Uncle Day
July 27 – Parent's Day
July 27 – Take
Your Pants for a
Walk Day
July 28 –
National Milk
Chocolate Day
July 29 – National Lasagna Day
July 30 – National
Cheesecake Day
July 30 – Father-in-Law
Day
July 31 – Mutt's Day
ODDS AND ENDSDates worth knowing for the coming week
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RESTAURANT REVIEW
Think of this dish as my version of Texas tabbouleh. Of course, to make it truly tabbouleh, you need to add some cooked bulgur. Or sub-stitute the very popular high-protein, super nutrient grain, quinoa. Tabbouleh is the Middle Eastern salad made of steamed bulgur, tomatoes, lots of minced parsley, onion and garlic, dressed with olive oil and lemon.
Whether you eat this version as a salad stuffed in a vine ripe heir-loom tomato or as a vegetable side, this delicious make-ahead dish uses up summer bounty beautifully. It’s also a great vegetarian main, especially if you add some chopped avocado.
And don’t get all OCD (obses-sive-compulsive disorder) about this. It’s a recipe, not brain surgery. Got some summer squash you want to chop and throw in? Fine. Want to be more Middle Eastern authentic? Add plenty of chopped mint along with the parsley. Out of red bell pepper? No store trip required.
Make it your own; however your garden grows or your produce piles up.
Lone Star Black-Eyed Pea Tabbouleh1 pound fresh black-eyed peas, shelled1 cup green bell pep-per, chopped1 cup red bell pepper, chopped¼ cup finely chopped jalapeno pepper, ribs and seeds removed
1 cup onion, chopped1 cup finely chopped green onion, including green tops2 cloves garlic, finely chopped1 cup finely chopped parsley¾ cup olive oil¼ cup lime or lemon juice1 teaspoon maple syrup or agave nectar2 teaspoons salt or to taste1 teaspoon black pepper or to taste2 cups cooked bulgur or
quinoa (optional) Cook black-eyed peas in 2
cups boiling water until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain well.
Place cooked, drained pea in a large mixing bowl. Toss with pep-pers, onions, garlic and parsley.
In a 2 cup measuring cup or bowl of similar size, whisk together oil, lime or lemon juice, maple syrup or agave nectar, salt and pepper. Adjust seasoning to taste. Pour over vegetables and refrigerate overnight to meld flavors.
Refrigerate up to one week. Makes 8 cups.
The Blind Butcher opens eyes with outstanding dishes
The duck and foie gras sausage, brisket-cheddar-jalapeño sausage, and bacon Brussels sprouts at The Blind Butcher.
It took me far too long to get to the Blind Butcher, a restaurant that makes its own sausage and cures its own meats from the team behind goodfriend. You’d think I’d have been there on opening day. Life got in the way though, and by the time I made it, I had huge expecta-tions. But the Blind Butcher did not meet my expecta-tions. Nope. It went so far beyond them that it came back around the block and surpassed them again.
The vibe is comfortable and instantly familiar; you’d think they’d been open for years. Combine that with the outstanding dishes the kitch-en is sending out and you have a recipe for a place that will soon become a neighbor-hood institution.
On our first visit, we de-cided on one of the poutiness, because my husband had never tried it. We ordered the pork belly version ($10.50). It was delicious: the gravy rich and sweet, the fries just soggy enough. But the chunks of cheese were not the squeaky cheese curds I expected, and the pork belly was so briny that it almost resembled a hot dog. (That is not to say we
didn’t eat the entire thing.) Next up were the pig’s
ears ($7) and one of my all-time favorites, steak tar-tare ($10). If you’ve gotten a smoked pig’s ear for your dog and are freaked out by the thought of eating one, don’t be. These are strips of spicy,
crunchy, slightly sweet good-ness, served with an orange fennel aioli that I wanted to eat straight. The portion size of the tartare was a little intimidating, but the pristine flavor of the raw beef made that an obstacle I was willing to overcome.
Often at meat-centric places (like BBQ or burger joints), the green things on the menu fall a little short. So I was beside myself when the grove salad ($8.50) arrived. Tender spinach, tossed with a fantastic tarragon vinaigrette and accented with grapefruit
sections and pine nuts, could make the staunchest non-meat- eater consider a visit. (They do have veg-etarian sausage and poutine made with mushrooms.)
We finished with a pile of bacon cara-mel corn ($5.50). The caramel had the per-fect deep flavor, not at all cloying but almost smoky. The bacon seemed kind of like an afterthought; I wanted crunchy pieces of bacon mixed in with the popcorn; these were just sprinkled over and seemed a little undercooked.
We were back before too long to sample the “cured meats” and “sausage” sections of the menu. This visit started with the pastrami egg rolls ($8.50). They were spicier than I
expected, but the pastrami was salty and fatty in the best way; sauerkraut balanced the richness.
My husband thinks liver tastes like poison, so I thought for sure he wouldn’t want to try the duck foie gras
sausage ($12). I must have been too effusive about the link’s earthy balance of duck and liver. He ventured a taste and loved it. But he’d ordered the brisket cheddar jalapeño sausage ($9), which was basi-cally smoky brisket in a sau-sage casing, so I was happy to share as long as I got to taste some of his!
Our vegetable this go-round was the bacon Brussels sprouts ($6.50), another home run. The sprouts were browned and nutty, the bacon a real ac-cent instead of the star.
We capped off our meal with the chocolate cold brew cake ($7.50). It’s served with a foie gras cream, which seemed a little gratuitous, but it worked, and the cake is moist and delicious enough to stand-alone.
The menu is small enough that the kitchen is able to give enough attention to every dish it sends out, but varied enough that I can’t wait to go back, and explore a little more.
THE BLIND BUTCHER1919 Greenville Ave.Kitchen Hours: Sun-Thurs 4 – 11 p.m.; Fri-Sat 4 p.m. – midnight214-887-0000theblindbutcher.com
Photo by Sara Newberry
By Sara Newberry
the time, Fort Worth and McKinney were ahead of Dallas in the craft brew arena. “My wife became the breadwinner.”
He shelved the idea of a brewpub to open a full-fledged brewery. “I went on a nine-month journey for space,” Bens said. “We had two properties in Dallas fall through. (They were located in the Chalk Hill and Royal Lane and Miller Road areas.) In hindsight, it was for the best.”
After settling on the current building, success was almost immediate. “We have doubled in sales every year and are tripling capacity.” Once just an 11,600-square-foot opera-tion, Lakewood Brewing is in the process of add-ing an additional 20,500 square feet on-site. “We have gone from four em-ployees to 17,” Bens said, including wife Brenda who is now vice president. The couple has two small children.
The Lakewood Brewing portfolio is the most unique of any of the area brewers. Like a chef, Bens said, “We will try something small scale and see if it works. We have a lot of cooks in the kitchen.”
The brewery classifies
its beers into four areas: Year Round, which in-cludes Lakewood Lager and The Temptress; Seasonal, which fea-tures a Pumpkin Pie Dunkel called Punkel; Legendary Series, which are limited releases that once the inventory is depleted, it gets retired; and Special Releases such as the Bourbon-Barrel Temptress that is released for the December holiday period.
While Bens would not reveal total sales, he did say that with the addi-tion of a bottling line they have sales now that are 50 percent draft and 50 percent bottles. Lakewood Lager is the best seller, closely followed by The Temptress.
As most startups, Lakewood Brewing tried to do all aspects of the process from brewing to marketing to self-delivery themselves. “In April, we signed on with Andrews Distributing,” Bens said. The ability to widen distribution within the Andrews footprint, which includes Tarrant and Collin counties, provided the Lakewood Brewing beers the opportunity to gain greater exposure.
“The community has supported us. Dallas likes to buy a Dallas hometown
beer. Keeping it local is a trendy key word now.” Lakewood Brewing gives part of their profits from sales to the For the Love of the Lake organization.
Lakewood Brewing recently partnered with Chipotle restaurant, becoming one of four regional breweries to provide a specially cre-ated brew for the res-taurant chain’s upcom-ing Cultivate Festival. Lakewood will introduce Farm House Hoppy Red. “A few years ago, there were not enough brewer-ies here to even have a beer festival,” Bens said.
At 11 a.m. Aug. 3, Lakewood Brewing will celebrate two years of operations with a party at goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House, 1154 Peavy Road. The actual two-year anniversary
of the brewery is Aug. 4, when Lakewood sold their first keg of beer to goodfriend. Four bands will perform in an air conditioned tent on the parking lot. Lakewood will debut Lion’s Share II: Anniversary Ale. The beer is a wine barrel-aged Berliner Weisse, aged with black currents. The cooks in the kitchen con-tinue to be creative.
“I’ve gotten calls to bring the beer to New Mexico,” Bens said. “I am not going to New Mexico. We are making every drop to sell in DFW.” After two years, the results are in. This hometown beer is doing very well, and at the anniversary party they will be saying, “Schol!” (Flemish for Cheers!) to their first account, their employees, and their growing base of fans.
BREWS cont'd frompage 1
Lakewood Brewing offers tours on Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m.
DOTTY GRIFFITH'S TRUE TEXAS CUISINEBy Dotty [email protected]
Dotty Griffith
Photo by Rick Turner
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Our Favorite Restaurants
SOLUTION TO THIS WEEK’S PUZZLE
Don’t let back-to-school tasks sneak up on youFINANCE
Parents, if this is your first time at the back-to-school rodeo, let me share a few lessons my wife and I have learned the hard way. Chances are you’ll be spending the next few weeks filling out piles of pre-enrollment paper-work, lining up carpools and, of course, taking the dreaded shopping excur-sions for clothes and school supplies.
If you’re a first-timer or simply need a back-to-school refresher course, here are a few suggestions that can help you save time, money and sanity:
•Getorganized.Maintain a correspondence file from your kid’s school for things like registration requirements, report cards, permission slips, required vaccinations, school policies, teacher and parent contact information, etc. Ask whether the school has a website, on-line calendar or email list you can join. Also, create a family master calendar.
•Back-to-schoolshop-ping. Between new clothes, classroom supplies and extra-curricular activity fees and equipment, many parents end up spending hundreds of dol-lars per child. Ideally, you’ve been setting money aside all year. If not, you'll need to de-termine what you can afford
to spend without blowing your overall budget.
Here are a few organiza-tional and money-saving tips:
•Beforeyoushop,makea comprehensive list for each child. Use previous years’ expenses as a guide and com-pare notes with other parents and school officials.
•Engageyourkidsinthebudgeting process. Share how much money is available to spend and get them involved in prioritizing expenses be-tween “needs” and “wants.”
•Gothroughyourkids’closets and have them try on everything. Make an inven-tory of items that fit and are in good shape and take it when shopping so you don't accidentally buy duplicates. (While you’re at it, share, sell or donate unneeded items.)
•Spreadclothingpur-chases throughout the year so your kids don’t outgrow everything at once. Many stores hold fall clearance sales to make room for holiday merchandise.
•Reviewtheschool’s
dress code so you don’t waste money on inappro-priate clothing.
•Althoughshoppingonline can save money, time and gas, don't forget to factor in shipping and return costs, which could undo any net savings. If your kids are old enough, put them in charge of on-line comparison-shopping and coupon clipping.•Askwhichschoolsup-
plies you’re expected to buy. Go in with other families to take advantage of volume dis-counts and sales.
•Findouthowmuchex-tracurricular activities (ath-letics, music, art, etc.) cost.
Account for uniforms, mem-bership dues, private lessons, field trips, snacks, etc.
•Rentorbuyusedsport-ing equipment or musical instruments until you’re sure they’ll stick with an activity.
•Knowwhentospendmore for higher quality. Cheaper notebook paper shouldn’t matter, but don’t buy poorly made shoes that might hamper proper physi-cal development.
•Beforebuyingnewclothing or accessories, look for “gently used” items in the closets of your older kids and friends, at garage sales, thrift and consignment stores and online.
•Clipnewspaperandonline coupons. Many stores will match competitors’ prices even if their own items aren’t on sale. Plus, many consolidation websites post downloadable coupons and sale codes for online retail-ers, including: CouponCabin.com, CouponCode.com, CouponCraze.com, DealHunting.com and Dealnews.com.
•Mobileshoppingappslet in-store smartphone and
mobile browser users scan product barcodes and make on-the-spot price comparisons, read reviews, download cou-pons, buy products and more.
•Followyourfavoriteretailers on Facebook and Twitter, where many post special savings for their followers.
Bottom line: If you get organized before setting out on back-to-school shopping, you can save money, time and aggravation.
Photo courtesy of sltoday.com
By Jason Alderman
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SHOP THE TRAILCOMMUNITY COUNTS. KEEP IT LOCAL.
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Phantom of the RunwayFashion Show for Our Hearts Day Center
Fashion Industry Gallery
Jane Winnett, Hostess Olive Coe, Pres-ident Alyce Heinrich
Scene Around Town
By Society Editor Sally Blanton
Shopping Party“Spring into Summer”
Chantilly Boutique
Kinsey Chavez, Shira Wasserman Caitlyn Mullanix, Chelsea Brogdon, Kinsey Chavez
Attorneys Serving the CommunityLuncheon benefitting “Education of Young Women”
Hilton Anatole
Honorary Chair Kim Askew, Actress Viola Davis, CEO Lynn McBee
Irma Rangel students, Viola Davis, Rangel School Principal Vivian Taylor
Joshua Vernon, Joey Davis, Matt Whalen, Kendall Nettle, Jennie Malone
Melody Rogers, Sydney Sacks
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The Warren CenterFamily Fun Day
Hosted by Rick & Melody Rogers
Junior League of Dallas“Kids in the Kitchen” Program
Junior League Building
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‘Wish I Was Here’ tries too hard and falls just short of greatnessBy Chic DiCiccio@Chiccywood
Director/writer/star Zach Braff seems to have incorrectly named his latest movie, “Wish I Was Here.” Braff should have called this “Garden State 2: The Mid-30s.”
Dead mother? Check. Disapproving father? Check. Struggling actor? Check. Hasn’t Braff covered this? The only difference this time around is that the main char-acter, Aidan (Braff), is hav-ing his existential crisis right around the age of 35, and he’s married with two children.
Tagging along for this journey of self-discovery is Aidan’s wife, Sarah (Kate Hudson), who supports their family while Aidan struggles to find acting work. Their chil-dren, Grace (Joey King) and Tucker (Pierce Gagnon), are about to be booted from their private Hebrew school due to lack of tuition being paid by Aidan’s father, Gabe (Mandy Patinkin), who is facing a ter-minal cancer diagnosis.
There are plenty of Woody Allen-like plot de-tails here, which range from Sarah’s struggles with an obnoxious male co-worker to Aidan’s flaky brother, Noah (Josh Gad), who hasn’t spoke to or seen their father in more than a year. It’s a lot to cram into one movie and would be an ambitious undertaking for any filmmaker. The actor Braff is very good, but the di-rector version just can’t seem to tie it all together.
“Wish I Was Here” is very effective as a dysfunc-tional family comedy. The scenes with Aidan and his
children are very laugh wor-thy, with a few running gags that really work. The family has a swear jar, which Aidan only contributes to because, as he points out, he’s the only family member that curses and also has money. Once the children are pulled from Hebrew school, Aidan tries to home school the children and, naturally, they know more about pretty much everything than he does and this leads to plenty of sweet and funny moments.
There are some comedic avenues taken that become dead ends. There’s a tiny subplot involving Noah and his neighbor Janine (Ashley
Greene), and a costume contest at the San Diego Comic-Con which is an example of over-kill and is fairly pointless, as it doesn’t deliver many laughs.
The biggest problem with “Wish I Was Here” is when it switches gears and becomes too emotionally insisting. It builds lots of comedic momentum then slams on the brakes and simply de-mands that you reach for the Kleenex. It’s really a matter of the story trying too hard to tug at your heartstrings, and its preachiness cheapens the exact emotional response it wants you to produce.
Oddly enough, the actors all really excel in their roles.
This is the finest that Mandy Patinkin has been in years, even if he has a thankless role in which nearly every single thing he did as a father is picked apart. Patinkin’s voice and mannerisms are so gentle and soothing that even the awful things he says about his gentile daughter-in-law are easy to swallow.
The kid actors Joey King and Pierce Gagnon are also quite good. As with all child actor performances, the first goal should be to avoid an-noyance, and these two defi-nitely do that. There is only one “thought I was teaching them but they were teaching me” moment, which may be
one too many. Instead of the children being wise beyond their years, they are actually children, which is definitely a smart move.
In this instance, Zach Braff is much better in front of the camera than behind it. He’s funny, subtle and charming, with only a few moments of verbal grandiose that regular people would never, ever say in real life. This is more the fault of his screenplay (co-written with his brother Adam) than any-thing else, which includes some silly, ham-fisted inter-ludes of Braff’s Aidan day-dreaming that he’s some sort of superhero running from
an unnamed villain.If you have missed the
Kate Hudson that you saw in “Almost Famous,” throw down your money to see “Wish I Was Here.” It is both a surprise and a delight to see her so easily slide into the role of wife and mother. Not only does she never use her gorgeous looks as a crutch, she blows away everyone with whom she shares the screen, just with grace and believability.
There is one scene Hudson shares with Patinkin that is the most emotionally true and resonate moment in all of “Wish I Was Here.” It’s exceptionally well written, and because the two actors involved are so perfect in their roles, it becomes a very real slice of life.
While the issues raised in “Wish I Was Here” are all valid, they all amount to First World problems. The idea that children being forced to leave an expensive private school for (GASP) public school isn’t going to resonate with many people, as private school isn’t even on most families’ radar.
It’s also cute and lovely for a human being to pursue his dreams, but when you aren’t providing for your family with acting paychecks, it’s probably time to reassess your situation.
It may seem like nitpick-ing, but these are some of the conflicts in “Wish I Was Here.” There is no doubt Braff has legitimate directorial tal-ents, but this is simply a case of trying to do too much and creating a movie that emo-tionally falls short of what it could have been.
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The 1959 romantic comedy “Pillow Talk” will be featured this Tuesday, July 29 at the Magnolia Theatre at 3699 McKinney Ave. in the West Village in Uptown as part of the “Big Movie” series. Show times are at 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson, “Pillow Talk” pits wom-anizer Hudson as he monopolizes the shared phone party line with busy decorator Day. They both think the other is rude and interfering. Hudson accidentally meets Day, thinks her to be charming, and prepares to woo her in the guise of a Texas tourist, unfamiliar with the
possibility of female companionship. Co-starring Thelma Ritter and Tony
Randall, “Pillow Talk” marked the return of the RomCom genre, picking up five Oscar nomina-tions and winning one for original screenplay.
The remaining films in the new “Big Movie” series are “Sorcerer,” “All About Eve,” “Valley of the Dolls,” “An Affair to
Remember,” “Alien,” “Doctor Zhivago” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie” through Sept. 16.
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James Garner1928- 2014
Actor James Garner, whose wisecracking but affable char-acter made hits out of the TV shows “Maverick” and “The Rockford Files,” has died of natural causes. He was 86.
Garner had a long career and remained active as a TV and film actor well into his 70s.
His style as a leading man who was quicker with his tongue than his fist was established early as gambler Bret Maverick in the ‘50s TV Western “Maverick.”
Garner carried that smooth-talking charisma into the private eye business in the ’70s TV show “The Rockford Files,” for which he won an Emmy Award. Among his work on the big screen are roles in “The Great Escape,” “Victor Victoria,” “Space Cowboys” and “The Notebook.” He was nominated for an Oscar for the 1985 film “Murphy’s Romance,” which co-starred Sally Field.
Garner received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2005. Back in his hometown of Norman, Okla. stands a 10-foot bronze statue of Garner as Bret Maverick. — Giles Snyder, NPR News
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